Altered States (1980) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Ken Russell.

Cast

• William Hurt as Professor Eddie Jessup
• Blair Brown as Emily Jessup
• Bob Balaban as Arthur Rosenberg
• Charles Haid as Mason Parrish
• Thaao Penghlis as Echeverria
• Miguel Godreau as Primal Man
• Dori Brenner as Sylvia Rosenberg
• Peter Brandon as Hobart
• Charles White-Eagle as The Brujo
• Drew Barrymore as Margaret Jessup
• Megan Jeffers as Grace Jessup
• Jack Murdock as Hector Orteco
• Francis X. McCarthy as Obispo
• Deborah Baltzell as Schizophrenic Patient
• Evan Richards as Young Rosenberg
• Paul Larsson as Charlie Thomas
• John Larroquette as X-Ray Technician
• George Gaynes as Dr. Wissenschaft
• Hap Lawrence as Endocrinology Fellow
• John Walter Davis as Medical Technician
• Cynthia Burr as Parrish's Girl
• Susan Bredhoff as Eccheverria's Girl
• Ora Rubinstein as Young Medical Student
• Eric Forst as Mingus
• Adriana Shaw as Dr. Antonini
• Martin Fiscoe as Graduate Student
• Olivia Michelle as Veronica

Crew

• Ken Russell — Director
• Paddy Chayefsky — Screenplay
• Paddy Chayefsky — Novel
• Howard Gottfried — Producer
• John Corigliano — Original Music Composer
• Jordan Cronenweth — Director of Photography

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